Railway-rail chair



(No Model.)

P. PELTON. RAILWAY RAIL CHAIR.

No. 461,773. Patented Oct. 20, 1891 ATENT Erica. V

FRANK PELTON, OF DES MOINES, IOIVA.

RAILWAY-RAIL CHAIR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 461,773, dated October 20, 1891 Application filed January 31, 1891. Serial No. 379,851. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

- Be it known that I, FRANK PELTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Des Moines, in the county of Polk and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Railway-Chairs, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to that class of railway-chairs especially adapted for elevating and supporting the rails of a street-railway track above the ties and in the plane of the street-pavement.

My invention has for its object the provision of means by which a compact, strong, convenient, and cheap chair is produced, adapted to support the rails of the track in an elevated position upon the ties, so that the ball or top of the rail shall be approximately in the plane of the street-pavement, the ties being below the latter.

My object further is to provide means by which the chair may be clamped to the rail at any point, which will resist firmly lateral stress incident to the spreading of the rails, which will reduce to a minimum the obstruction to the pavement, which prior to securing upon the ties may be. adjusted to varying widths of the rail flange or base, and which may be so adjusted, also, as to support in like manner as the main rail a supplemental guard-rail.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of two mating parts of a chair with the rails of a railwaytrack, as hereinafter set forth, pointed out in the claims, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aperspective view of the counterpart members in their respective positions and supporting a girder-rail. Fig. 2 is alike view of the opposite sideof one of the counterparts to that shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the said counterparts, the rail being removed. Fig. 4 is a portion of a length of metal, showing in fulllines the lines of cutting or stamping and indicating by the dotted lines the bent portions. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the completed counterpart members formed by the cutting or stamping and bending method. Fig. 6 is a like view of one side of one of the counterpart members. Fig. 7 is alike view of the opposite sides thereof.

A designates the tie or sleeper, upon which the counterpart members B and O are secured. These members consist of the three-sided elevating-frames D, having the upwardly and inwardly extending lugs E and also the baseflanges H H, extending from the lower portion of each side of the frames D. In order to strengthen the elevating-frames D the web J is provided, formed with the frames, thereenforcing webs K K serving to strengthen the junction of the flanges H H with the frames D.

L L are notches adapted to receive the spikes which fasten the counteparts A and B in position onthe ties. v

In order to adjust the chair in position the counterparts B and O are laid side by side upon the tie in such positions as that the lugs E are on opposite sides of the rail. The counterparts are then adjusted laterally on the tie toward each other, so that the lugs E approach toward and engage over the rail-base M, when the spikes are driven into the notches L L on each side of the rail, thus securing the chair rigidly in position to resist lateral or transverse stress or spreading.

In the form of chair shown in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the counterparts consist of the rail-seatN, the elevating-web N and the perforated basefianges N together with the engaginglugs 0. These counterparts are adjusted on the tie as in the former case, the lugs 0 engaging over the rail-base.

In Fig. 4 is shown the method of forming the counterparts of this chair, which consists in cutting or stamping a flat bar of metal diagonally into the pieces 0 0 then cutting or stamping angularly the lugs 0, then bending the flanges N and the rail-seats N into position. It is therefore apparent thata chair is provided which may be conveniently adjusted to varying sizes of rail-bases and which may also serve to clamp and elevate both a main and a guard rail.

I am aware that a chair has been made in two parts and the faces that came in contact stepped, so as to interlock and to extend diagonally relative to the rail when drawn together by means of bolts to clamp them fast to the rail; but my manner of constructing a two-part chair so'as to allow each part to be placed in a right-angled position relative to the rail and their vertical faces in contact with each other, so that they can be moved to and from the rail independently to facilitate placing them in building a track and adjusting and removing them in repairing and moving a track, is novel and greatly advantageous.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A railway-chair consisting of two mating parts, each part having a base adapted to be fixed on a railway-tie by means of spikes, a raised central portion that has a flat top to engage the flat bottom of a rail, and a lug at one edge of the said fiattop, adapted to overlap the edge of the flange of a rail, and aperpendicular face on one side of the raised portion, adapting the two parts of the chair to be placed in contact with each other and in rightangled position to a rail and track, in the manner set forth, for the purposes stated.

2. A rail supporting and elevating chair comprising counterpart members having elevating portions, on which are engaging lugs, re-enforcing Webs for said elevating portions, and flanges by which each of the members -is secured to the ties on opposite sides of the rail, as set forth.

A rail supporting and elevating chair comprising counterpart members adapted to be adjusted relatively to each other from opposite sides of the rail, each consisting of elevating portions forming the rail-seat, lugs upon said elevating portions engaging the rail-base on each side thereof, webs for re-enforcing the elevating portions, and flanges for securing the members on each side of the rail, together with braces between the elevating portions and the flanges, as set forth.

FRANK PELTON.

\Vitnesses:

J. 0. SWEET, THOMAS G. Onwrc. 

